Apr 30
Wow I had a busy day. It was good.
Got up for physics, went to class, understood it. Next class was cancelled cause we’re done for the semester. Well, I did check my grade….didn’t do good, made a C. Good enough to get a CS credit, so that’s good, but I would have liked to do much better. I messed up the first test really really badly, and didn’t do well on the second. I was prepared to ace the third…then we never had the third. So….that’s no good.
I walked to the “Centennial Research Building” and met with the professor I’m doing “research” or “independent study” for this summer. Had a bit of small talk and talked about the project this summer. It’s totally awesome because he was fine with giving me 4 hours worth of credit, so now I just have 2 classes this summer, and then developing a web application. Hott. Gotta get up early for my “Science Fiction” class (probably the 2nd best humanity I could take) on monday and wednesday, then I’ll either have Microeconomics or Theory II (Algorithms) on monday & wednesday & friday. Oh I don’t know what to do. Algorithms would be more useful for my profession and is only an hour each day. However, I think economics would be easier, is an hour and a half or two hours each day, is right after my other class (so don’t have to sit around between classes), and ends a month early (short session 4tw!). Dunno yet. Perhaps I’ll keep them both and show up for the first couple of days and then decide, and get a refund check.
So then I get home and my friend Kristen says “come hang out!@#$!@” so I drove up to cumming georgia and she drove down from dawsonville georgia and we sat around and talked for a long time. It was awesome, she is awesome. I need to get to know her boyfriend better, we are exactly alike in a ton of ways. It was a long drive though, that was unfortunate. We’ve only hung out a few times, but we need to more. She reminds me of my most excellent friend Jessie, although Jessie lives in chattanooga and we hardly ever see each other. But I am going home for a week or so after finals, so hopefully I’ll see her then. Wanted to see eric too, but he’s gonna be gone most of the time I’m there. So I guess i’ll see what happens.
Apr 22
I think I titled another post a long time ago all good things have endings. Or something close to that. This morning I realized it was from the get up kids’ song forgive and forget.
I was moving stuff from one pair of jeans to another this morning and apparently I forgot my wallet.
I was going to get a bite to eat from the student center, got up to pay, and my wallet wasn’t in my pocket. I was like “oh crap” but I didn’t really know what to do. I told the lady sorry, i forgot my wallet, and then left my food sitting there and walked away. haha. my keys are on my wallet, so I was locked out. Not a huge deal, but apparently now they require your student ID to give you a spare key…which of course is in my wallet. they quizzed me about my room number and student ID # and roommate’s name and stuff and finally gave me a key.
I’m getting things out of order. I walked out of the student center and headed back to west campus. I was halfway back or so when the wind started blowing so hard it was hard to walk and crap was getting in my eyes and stuff. So needless to say by the time i got to the housing office I was soaked thoroughly. I walked in and they were all freaking out at how wet i was. I’m just glad I had the foresight to move my ibook power adaptor from the outside pocket of my case to my pants pocket….and the foresight to get a neoprene ibook case.
A lot of stuff yesterday and today has left me incredibly drained emotionally. I’m just glad that I’m way too mentally stable to be depressed. I’d try to get some friends together to do something, but I don’t think I’m up to it. I should probably be working on one of my projects right now anyway. Speaking of that, I certainly should be….I was supposed to meet at 2, now that I think of it…but the wallet forgetting and rainstorm kinda screwed everything up. Argh, school needs to stop.
Apr 19
so sick
with my longest day of classes (only 4 hours straight, but hey, I’m used to 2)
and a lovely phys test tonight
just felt like whining a bit
also, cool
Apr 14
Yesterday was an exciting day. First off, my little sister (Rachel) (IMG_0221.jpg) is accepted to tech for computer science, and she came down for some “women in CS” orientation-type thing. Maybe they can convince her to go here, because I want her to but i don’t think she’s going to. I think that would be cool.
But even better was that I was about to go to class, and somebody said my name, and it was Beth! She was definitely one of my best friends at this school…well, one of my best friends in my college years, not just necessarily people at school…but she graduated in 2003 and moved to florida. Her company sent her here to do recruiting and stuff and so she was in the college of computing. We got to talk and catch up for a while at rocky mountain. I felt bad cause rachel got here and I was supposed to meet her but beth and I got hung up and rachel was sitting in the car in the parking deck for like…45 minutes. oops 
but we eventually got her.
anyway, that’s all. but it was very exciting to me, beth is awesome. she needs to move back here and be my personal friend-slave.
edit:
also, i’m hungry and was looking up chicken tikka masala on wikipedia. I then started to read about curry and read this:
A number of studies have claimed that the reaction of pain receptors to the hotter ingredients in curries, even a Korma, leads to the body’s release of endorphins and combined with the complex sensorary reaction to the variety of spices and flavours, a natural high is achieved that causes subsequent cravings, often followed by addiction and a desire to move on to hotter curries. Defining this as “an addiction” is contested by other researchers.
I think i’m addicted to chicken tikka masala. i neeeeed it. now. i’m hungry. perhaps i shall visit my friend moe and his friend joey.
edit again:
Brandtson right here at under the couch tomorrow!
Apr 13
I need to be working
you can read a dumb survey if you’d like
I did it because…I need to be working
ok bye
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Apr 12
I emailed a professor that I did a project for, and he’s going to let me do a “Research Project” this summer….I work on some code that I wrote for that project, and I get credit(s) for it. So that’s awesome. I only need one hour, so that’ll definitely happen….if I’m lucky he’ll have a lot of work for me and I can drop economics or algorithms and do 4 hours worth. So exciting
In other news if you haven’t read about the “Napolean Dynamite” bill, do so. It sure is funny. The best part is this:
2 WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the
3 Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent
4 resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!" and run the risk of having the "Worst Day of
5 Their Lives!"
Apr 12
"how many dead popes does it take to change a light bulb?"
Apr 05
I sometimes end up following my professor to this class I’m sitting in, CS4420 Database Implementation, since she’s coming from the same place I am. She’s this tiny chinese woman and she walks so fast and i try to keep up so I’m not late. So today I was following her and for some reason she turned around and saw me and started talking to me…she’s pretty nice. She was asking me like what classes I was taking and stuff, I don’t know why, I think she likes to get to know her students and whatnot. At one point she asked me if I was 3rd or 4th year…"yeah…I’m 6th year." She made a noise of suprise and was all like "you look so young! I thought you were like 20!" And so I proceeded to tell her I was approaching 24.
Anyway I guess that’s all, I get embarassed sometimes looking like a child
Apr 04
There is like nothing offered at this school this summer, and I really, really, really want to get out. Hopefully I can get this gimme management course when they open it up to non-management majors weds morning, but even if i do…it’s at 8am There’s no way…but I guess i’ll do it anyway. Actually all it is is doing excel and html and crap, so hopefully i won’t have to attend class.
I was gonna take EAS 1600, earth and atmospheric sciences…a lab science, 4 hours…not a gimme, but wouldn’t be too bad. But of course they aren’t offering it this summer, which is bad. I need 10 hours this summer, 3 humanities and 7 free electives. Intro to Film isn’t offered this summer, but I did get Science Fiction, so at least it will be mildly interesting. Management IT is 3 hours, so that leaves me with 4 hours, and I don’t know what I’m gonna do. EAS woulda been perfect. Now I’ll prolly have to take 2 3 hour classes.
My advisor told me I can cross-enroll at Georgia State, and take >=4 hours of short session or maymester class(es), since they’re actually offering classes this summer unlike tech. But that would be a huge hassle, since I know absolutely nothing about where their classes are and stuff.
Anyway, off to physics lab.
People keep on looking at my laptop when they walk by.
Edit: aaaand management conflicts with my humanity, there’s no other humanity to take, and I have to have the humanity. So I’m back to square one. I hate this.
